How to Use attack dog in a Sentence
attack dog
noun- The charges against the candidate were made by one of the governor's attack dogs.
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White blood cells, the attack dogs of the immune system, arise from stem cells in the bone marrow.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
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Turns out, juking an attack dog might not be such a great idea.
—Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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The 63-year-old male owner of the attacking dog was cited for dogs at large.
—cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
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Neither dog was injured, and the owner of the attacking dog was warned to keep it on a leash.
—cleveland, 16 Apr. 2020
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Heckler tries to get us into the mind of Mike, who was born into this world and raised as the Klan's attack dog.
—Elizabeth Montgomery, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
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The plan, according to Barrett, is to bring in sniffer and attack dogs and to increase the ranger force.
—Tristan McConnell, GQ, 16 Apr. 2018
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Viciousness is the attack dog that hasn’t eaten in a week, and is drooling and barking and snarling.
—Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 30 Jan. 2024
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Reed then backed Bottoms in the 2017 election, serving as her attack dog.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021
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Animal Services said the attacking dogs were in the care of a dog walker hired through an app.
—Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
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Dispatch sends out a report of an aggressive attack dog on the loose.
—Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
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Secondly, there was no reason for an attack dog to be in that apartment.
—ABC News, 9 Sep. 2022
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Why is one of the greatest attack dogs in the history of the Congress saying, don't talk about impeachment?
—Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
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For example, coyotes are present in many areas in the Chicago region and have been known to attack dogs.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
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Rather than get Kendrick Lamar or Andre 3000 to do the hard talking, Williams seems to relish his newfound attack dog tactics.
—Philly.com, 21 Dec. 2017
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Some species have been bred so much and for so long to as combat attack dogs that adapting to being child's pet can have tragic results.
—John Havelock, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Aug. 2017
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Cardano left the rebukes to his loyal attack dog, Ferrari.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
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Instead, the attacking dog’s owner took a green, tennis ball-launching dog toy and used it to strike the owner of the other dog in the face, the victim told the sheriff’s office.
—Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
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During his four years as Bevin's chief of staff in Kentucky, Brickman was known as a fierce defender of his boss and attack dog against his critics.
—Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
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Clinton's name is like a Pavlovian trigger to get the Republican attack dogs rallied around the White House.
—Jack Holmes, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2018
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Even his attack dog and closest adviser, Melissa De Rosa, jumped ship.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2021
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Cohen is a longtime lawyer and fixer who, in a decade at Trump’s side, has served as a reliable attack dog against real or perceived threats to Trump.
—Matt Apuzzo, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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There is still time for Biden to fine-tune his policies and choose a running mate who can play the traditional role of attack dog, charged with arousing the party faithful.
—Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 1 June 2020
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When a suspect surrenders, on the ground, kneeling, with hands above his head and a vicious attack dog is then unleashed to maul him, that is horrendous.
—Anjeanette Damon, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
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Even his attack dog and closest adviser, Melissa DeRosa, jumped ship.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
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Lisey Landon calls professor Dashmiel and orders him to call off his attack dog Jim Dooley.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2021
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The first known use of an attack dog to bite an inmate to get him out of his jail cell in Oregon amounts to an excessive use of force, a federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges.
—Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 14 May 2018
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By those who've seen or experienced Cohen's wrath, he's been described as a bully and overzealous attack dog.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018
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Why didn't the trusty direwolf stick by his human's side, especially when he's proven to be an efficient attack dog?
—Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2016
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Europeans introduced horses and large attack dogs to the Americas, as well as cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens that were cultivated in large-scale livestock husbandry, which dispossessed the indigenous of their lands.
—Marcy Norton, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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